Blessing

This article is about the skill type. For Pantheon bonus, see Favor of the gods.

Blessing
Number of skills	48
Elite skills	0
Supertype	Skill
Subtype	None

Skill Type. Blessings are often a special temporary skill bonus granted by an NPC.

Acquisition

Blessings are granted by the following NPCs, typically requiring a payment in gold:

• Avatars of gods, summoned at a statue of the respective god.
• Factions: Luxon and Kurzick Priests at Resurrection Shrines in the Echovald Forest or The Jade Sea.¹
• Nightfall: Ghostly Priests, Forgotten Wardens, Ghostly Scouts, Sunspear Scouts, Vabbian Scouts, Wandering Priests, and Whispers Informants (at Resurrection Shrines).²
• Eye of the North: Ascalonian Refugees, Beacon of Droknar, Ebon Vanguard Scouts and various Asura or Norn (at Resurrection Shrines).²

1. Depending on the location of the Kurzick-Luxon border.
2. Free. However, some will stop offering bounties in normal mode after the player character has achieved certain ranks in their promotion or reputation title.

Characteristics

• Blessings cannot be removed or abused by foes; they do not satisfy the while enchanted requirement of upgrade components or skills.
• Blessings of the same type do not stack.
• They end when you zone, but not when you die.
• Blessings granted by avatars of the gods last 20 minutes except for Holy Blessing.
• Most blessings are only applied to individual player characters; the exceptions are Holy Blessing and the Morale Boost from "To courage". Holy Blessing is also applied to all living party members (i.e. all heroes, henchmen, and player characters). The Morale Boost from "To courage" is also applied to all party members (living or dead); however, the Morale Boost from Favor of the Gods in Factions and Nightfall is not granted to all party members. This allows one player character to pay for Holy Blessing and the Morale Boost from "To courage" for their entire party.

List of blessings

Prophecies (avatar blessings)

NPC	Icon / Name	Description	Cost
All Prophecies Avatars	Holy Blessing ("To conquest")	You have +25 maximum Health and +3 Health regeneration. (All living party members also gain this blessing.)	50
	Morale Boost ("To courage")	All party members (living or dead) gain a 2% morale boost and their skills are recharged. (Not technically a blessing.)	100

Factions (Kurzick/Luxon blessings)

See also: Bounty-like blessing

NPC	Icon / Name	Description	Cost
Kurzick Priest	Blessing of the Kurzicks	You have +25 maximum Health and +3 Health regeneration. You gain Kurzick faction for hunting in this area. Boss creatures provide bonus faction.	100
Luxon Priest	Blessing of the Luxons	You have +25 maximum Health and +3 Health regeneration. You gain Luxon faction for hunting in this area. Boss creatures provide bonus faction.	100

You can acquire both blessings in contested zones (i.e. currently crossed by the Kurzick-Luxon border), resulting in +50 maximum health and +6 health regeneration. Although kill-counts accrue separately for each bounty, you will lose the faction benefits from one when you turn in the points from the other.

Factions and Nightfall (avatar blessings)

Blessings that affect Dervish or Paragon attributes are only offered in Nightfall.

NPC	Icon / Name	Description	Cost
All Avatars	Favor of the Gods	You gain a 2% morale boost. (Your skills are also recharged. Not technically a blessing.)	75
Champion of Balthazar	Battle Fervor	For 20 minutes, you attack 10% faster.	50
	Warrior's Might	For 20 minutes, your attacks have +10% armor penetration.	100
	Disciple of Fire	For 20 minutes, your Fire Magic attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Warrior of Balthazar	For 20 minutes, all your Warrior attributes are raised by 1.	150
	Dervish of the Blade	For 20 minutes, your Scythe Mastery attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Paragon of Command	For 20 minutes, your Command attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Paragon of the Spear	For 20 minutes, your Spear Mastery attribute is raised by 1.	150
Avatar of Dwayna	Aura of Light	For 20 minutes, you have +1 health regeneration.	50
	Cloak of Faith	For 20 minutes, you have +10 armor.	100
	Monk of Dwayna	For 20 minutes, all your Monk attributes are raised by 1.	150
	Disciple of the Air	For 20 minutes, your Air Magic attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Dervish of the Wind	For 20 minutes, your Wind Prayers attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Paragon of Leadership	For 20 minutes, your Leadership attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Paragon of Motivation	For 20 minutes, your Motivation attribute is raised by 1.	150
Voice of Grenth	Unnatural Resistance	For 20 minutes, Conditions you receive end 20% sooner.	50
	Dark Aura	For 20 minutes, whenever you hit with an attack, you steal 3 health from that foe.	100
	Necromancer of Grenth	For 20 minutes, all your Necromancer attributes are raised by 1.	150
	Disciple of Ice	For 20 minutes, your Water Magic attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Ritualist of Grenth	For 20 minutes, all your Ritualist attributes are raised by 1.	150
Lyssa's Muse	Chaotic Power	For 20 minutes, you have +10 maximum Energy.	50
	Chaotic Ward	For 20 minutes, Hexes cast on you end 20% sooner.	100
	Dervish of the Mystic	For 20 minutes, your Mysticism attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Mesmer of Lyssa	For 20 minutes, all your Mesmer attributes are raised by 1.	150
	Disciple of Energy	For 20 minutes, your Energy Storage attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Assassin of Lyssa	For 20 minutes, all your Assassin attributes are raised by 1.	150
Melandru's Watcher	Strength of the Oak	For 20 minutes, you have +50 maximum health.	50
	Shielding Branches	For 20 minutes, you have +20 armor against elemental damage.	100
	Ranger of Melandru	For 20 minutes, all your Ranger attributes are raised by 1.	150
	Disciple of the Earth	For 20 minutes, your Earth Magic attribute is raised by 1.	150
	Dervish of the Earth	For 20 minutes, your Earth Prayers attribute is raised by 1.	150

Nightfall (bounties)

Bounties, also commonly known as "hunt" or "conscription order", are special blessings that allow you to collect double experience and Sunspear or Lightbringer promotion points for killing creatures of certain species.

Eye of the North (reputation)

See also: Bounty-like blessing

There are several affiliations in the Eye of the North expansion who give blessings. These blessings allow for a raise in reputation rank for those specific affiliations.

• The Beacons of Droknar give the Dwarven Raider blessing to increase your Deldrimor rank.
• The Ascalonian Refugees and Ebon Vanguard Scout give the Vanguard Patrol blessing to increase your Ebon Vanguard rank.
• The various Asuran Krewe members give the Asuran Bodyguard blessing to increase your Asura rank.
• The Norn give the Norn Hunting Party blessing to increase your Norn rank.

Canthan New Year blessings (Cantha)

NPC	Icon / Name	Description	Cost
Lunar Fortune	Lucky Aura	A mysterious aura surrounds you. Perhaps the fates have smiled upon you this day.... (Not technically a blessing.)	random
Lunar Fortune	Lunar Blessing	The blessing of the New Year is upon you. +1 to your attributes while in this area. (Not technically a blessing.)	random
Lunar Fortune	Spiritual Possession	Maddening voices whisper in your ear. The world swirls around you as the voices grow louder.... (Not technically a blessing.)	random

Unseen Ones blessings

• Cleansed

Notes

• Using Avatar Blessings, it is possible to have rank 1 of any attribute regardless of your profession and whether or not your account has access to it.
• Most blessings are campaign-specific, although many of the avatar blessings are available in Factions and Nightfall.
• Maintained enchantments are also referred to as "blessings" in some tooltips.